Provides information about symptoms associated with the acute respiratory infection known as influenza and the common cold. Mode of transmission; Medications; Flu prevention; Difference between flu and the common cold; Transmission of cold viruses.

Differentiates the diseases--cold, influenza and pneumonia. Cold as an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract; Presence of fever in influenza; Inflammation of bronchial tubes and alveoli in pneumonia; Comparing viral and bacterial pneumonia; Symptoms; Treatment. INSET: It's flu season and...